Top executive at Rev1 Ventures describes different model

“Our goal is the same (as Silicon Valley) — to build world-class businesses based on innovative technologies that create new wealth — but our approach is entirely different,” the President and Chief Executive of Rev1 Ventures in Columbus says in this column. “We are proving that startup success comes from validating a real market need, then building a new company that resolves that need with a solution for which real customers will pay.”